Promise Seen in Japan's Small-Caps

As optimism over Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to promote economic growth mounts, some financial advisers are investing in a slice of the nation's promising small-cap stock universe.

"Small-cap Japanese equity may provide a long-term opportunity to invest in the most undervalued asset class in the world today," says Richard Burridge, chief executive at RMB Capital, a Chicago independent investment-advisory firm...